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BY TARA SIEBARTH | NOV 03 2021

Globe and Mail Queen’s University launches process to verify claims to Indigenous identity Queen’s University is launching consultations on how to assess Indigenous identity claims in hiring, a first step in establishing what could be a national model for universities struggling to deal with allegations of identity fraud among their faculty. Burnaby Beacon Students call […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | NOV 02 2021

CBC News Laurentian teams back in action after COVID-19, but playing in the shadow of the university’s financial crisis Laurentian cut its hockey and swim teams and closed its pool as part of financial restructuring. Times Colonist Hundreds gather at UVic for unruly parties, fireworks shot at crowd TV sets, pumpkins, bottles thrown from buildings, […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | NOV 01 2021

CBC News Outrage brewing after U of S and CIHR support professor who falsely claimed to be Indigenous Carrie Bourassa offers no genealogical evidence that she is Métis, Anishnaabe and Tlingit, as she has claimed. MyPgNow Post-secondary schools feel COVID-19 testing would be hard to implement BC’s post-secondary schools have taken different approaches to COVID-19, […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 29 2021

Globe and Mail Alberta postsecondary tuition increases highest in the country: Statscan Alberta has had the highest postsecondary tuition-fee increases in the country for the past two years, according to data from Statistics Canada. Maclean’s A Cree family’s canoe is returned, after sitting in a University of Saskatchewan storage room for years It was repatriated […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 28 2021

CBC News Colleagues say acclaimed professor has no Indigenous roots Several colleagues of University of Saskatchewan Prof. Carrie Bourassa — the leading Indigenous health scientist in the country — say they’ve discovered she has a European genealogy and no Indigenous roots. CBC News University of Toronto pledges to divest from fossil fuels, run ‘climate positive’ […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 27 2021

CBC News Infrastructure shortfall at Nova Scotia universities tops $1B Challenge facing universities ‘extraordinarily acute,’ says association executive Sault Star Opinion: Laurentian must keep its French-language programs ‘Our status as a bilingual university in a tricultural setting is a major strength and key attraction for students.’ Burnaby Beacon SFU students plan hunger strike to demand […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 26 2021

CBC News Ontario university sports extremely white, from student athletes to coaches, report finds Research shows racialized staffers had notably different experience in path to hiring. National Post Workers Demand Better From the Nation’s Richest University Casual workers at the University of Toronto are seeking better treatment from the nation’s richest university as they head […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 25 2021

Globe and Mail Opinion: Queen’s students: Kingston’s ‘educated idiots’ Times have changed. So, too, has the level and coarseness of student misbehaviour. Sault Star Enrolment jumps at Algoma University Enrolment at Algoma University’s three campuses is up significantly from last fall with more than 40 per cent of Algoma’s students coming from other countries. CBC […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 22 2021

Hamilton Spectator U of T received formal complaints against ex-Trinity College provost accused of sexual harassment, but he wasn’t punished The University of Toronto received formal complaints on at least two occasions about former professor Andy Orchard alleging sexual advances and inappropriate touching of graduate students. Global News Queen’s student association says homecoming parties were […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 21 2021

Timmins Press Université de Sudbury names Obonsawin chancellor Donald Obonsawin has been appointed as chancellor of the Université de Sudbury, the university announced Wednesday. CBC News Vaccines now mandatory at Holland College and UPEI ‘If you’re not vaccinated fully you can’t be on our campus’. Revelstroke Review Diversity still lacking at UBC Okanagan, say some […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 20 2021

CTV News Sexual violence concerns persist as efforts to keep Western Students safe continue A rally Tuesday outside Western’s University Community Centre launched three days of events organized by the Western University Students’ Council. CTV News Union for U of M faculty votes to authorize a strike Members of the union representing more than 1,200 […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 19 2021

National Post Queen’s taking action against students after misogynistic signs over party weekend Queen’s University said the signs were hung in front of a number of houses on Saturday and the occupants of those homes were told the school would take action under the Student Code of Conduct. The university did not specify what that […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 18 2021

University World News Enriching international students’ experience post-COVID COVID-19 has been an unwelcome visitor since 2020, and, like unwelcome visitors, it has overstayed. Its disruption of international education has brought international student mobility to a standstill. CTV News ‘This is the perfect time for you to be our leader’ First Nations University of Canada welcomes […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 15 2021

CTV News Kingston, Ont. prepares for another Queen’s University homecoming weekend under COVID As Queen’s University homecoming weekend begins, officials in Kingston, Ont. say they don’t want to see a return of large street parties thrown by students. CBC News Hype begins for pandemic-delayed University Cup in Halifax COVID-19 forced the postponement of two national […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 14 2021

CBC News Ontario NDP leader accuses Premier Ford of ‘hiding’ from Laurentian University ‘quagmire’ NDP are committed to funding a standalone Francophone university in Sudbury. Global News University of Manitoba faculty wants province to leave wage talks alone The University of Manitoba Faculty Association wants to leave negotiations on a new deal with faculty up […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 13 2021

National Post New Ontario university addresses need for French post-secondary education In its first year of operation, UOF is offering four undergraduate degree programs, all of which are humanities or social sciences-based taught in the context of the 21st century. Education News Canada Athabasca University appoints expert in digital-first education as its new president Peter […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 12 2021

Globe and Mail Two women on how ‘nerve’ shaped their leadership in academia and corporate boardrooms Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera reached the top ranks of academia, breaking new ground as the first – and only – female presidents of two of the country’s foremost universities. CNW Four in five Canadian students want a post-secondary […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | OCT 08 2021

CTV News Montreal-raised physicist linked to Nobel win urges Quebecers to continue ‘to believe in science’ A Quebec-born scientist who has contributed to research that won his collaborator this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics says he hopes to inspire Canadians to value science. Global News Hamilton police charge Waterloo student tied to ‘unsanctioned’ university homecoming […]

BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | OCT 07 2021

Maclean’s Campus life at Canadian universities during the second pandemic school year Canadian universities are welcoming students back to class, residence and even karaoke events. But there’s still plenty of online instruction, and some schools have vaccine mandates. CTV News Mental health professionals to assist University of Guelph campus security officers during student calls Mental […]

BY LAURA BEAULNE-STUEBING | OCT 06 2021

CTV News University of Lethbridge professors criticize Alberta’s post-secondary plan in new report The province is looking to shake up the post-secondary system in Alberta over the next 10 years with its ‘Alberta 2030: Building Skills For Jobs’ plan. Maclean’s Microcredentials: A mini guide to the micro college course market Microcredentials are increasingly on offer […]

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